Beagle,
The average club provides an FI with very little beyond aircraft and a supply of students. Certainly nothing of value in instructional terms.
Once you are up there with a student, just what can be provided by way of "supervision" ? If the FI course ain't up to scratch, which seems to be your inference, then it should be sorted so it is fit for purpose.
How many clubs are more than virtual outfits reliant on contract and zero hour staff (who actually hold the required qualifications to teach the course ) ?
Time to cut out the middlemen and keep them in the place as no more than aircraft rental agencies. If you are an instructor, and can teach up to what you have, sticking in an intermediate layer of bureaucracy achieves nothing.
It's about time some of the ex-CFS characters who trot out this tripe about "standardisation" etc woke up, smelled the coffee and faced the reality of the civilian instructional world.
Fact is, there are few real jobs, the pay is naff, and clubs rely on the FI who is at least doing a job in aviation prior to get something that actually pays a return on his investment.
So give them a break and go for option 3.
Last edited by B61; 19th Dec 2015 at 22:06.